RE: Spraying Glaze

>>I have some Mohawk heavy bodied glaze and was wondering 
>>if anyone has  ever thinned the stuff to spray it.   




Yes, I do it a lot -- at least with Behlen's, both regular and heavy.  
I use  Naphtha.  works great.

Michael R


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I do it all the time. I use it in my airbrush to make a dark toner 
to do the edges of dining (and other) table before I topcoat them.

Chap



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Bill

If you want to spray a color on your finish, why not mix a shade instead of 
using glaze.  This is of course, unless you want to manipulate the glaze 
after you spray it.  If you intend to just spray it and then topcoat it, a 
shade would be a much better direction.  Have you tried the Transtints for 
shading?  They are excellent!

KevinHancock


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Thin with S15 reducer, or Naptha (real fast drying). Results not as good 
as using a spraying glaze, but should work if you are careful.  

Greg Williams


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Larry Cyphers writes:

Bill,

I can't help you with thinning the glaze, but I can suggest another product
for glazing....Sherwin Williams makes it and although we refer to it as
"Gilsonite", Sherwin Williams sometimes calls it a VanDyke Brown Glaze.
Probably not available in the SherWill retail stores but the wholesalers
have it.

If any interested parties want to track this product down, 
call Ed McMillan @ Sherwin Williams in Seattle... (206) 323-1331

LarryC


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You are on the right track, Just thin and spray.  

But before you bother to clean the gun, try a wax applicator sponge. 
application takes a little longer, but no thinning, no cleaning the gun
twice.  I keep my used sponge in an empty peanut butter jar, ready 
for use.

Reed Spaulding
Spauldings Furniture Restorations
Lancaster, NH 

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I use a 50/50 mix of mineral spirits and naphtha. 

Straight naphtha flashes too fast and straight min spirits takes too long 
and small crevices and such that can hold glaze will blush.

Jeff Jewitt




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